The Use of Computers in Different Age Groups and their Self-reported Neck Symptoms

Leena Korpinen, Rauno Pääkkönen, Fabriziomaria Gobba

2014

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to investigate the self-reported physical symptoms in the neck and the use of computers in different age groups. The study was carried out as a cross-sectional study by posting the questionnaire to 15,000 working-age Finns. The daily use of desktop computers at work is quite popular (over 60%) in the age groups 31–40, 41–50, and 51–60. In these same age groups, a very similar percentage of the respondents reported having physical symptoms in the neck as ‘very often’.

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Korpinen L., Pääkkönen R. and Gobba F. (2014). The Use of Computers in Different Age Groups and their Self-reported Neck Symptoms . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 496-499. DOI: 10.5220/0004913104960499


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@conference{healthinf14,
author={Leena Korpinen and Rauno Pääkkönen and Fabriziomaria Gobba},
title={The Use of Computers in Different Age Groups and their Self-reported Neck Symptoms},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={496-499},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004913104960499},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - The Use of Computers in Different Age Groups and their Self-reported Neck Symptoms
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - Korpinen L.
AU - Pääkkönen R.
AU - Gobba F.
PY - 2014
SP - 496
EP - 499
DO - 10.5220/0004913104960499